US Preliminary Inquiry Finds Tomahawk Strike on Iranian School Was a Targeting Error
TL;DR
A preliminary US military inquiry reportedly finds Washington responsible for the February Tomahawk strike on the Shajarah Tayyebeh elementary school in Minab, Iran, attributing the attack to a targeting mistake by CENTCOM using obsolete Defense Intelligence Agency data; Iran says at least 175 people, mostly children, were killed, and the investigation is not yet complete, with the Trump administration avoiding explicit accountability.
- US responsible for deadly missile strike on Iran school, preliminary inquiry says The Guardian
- U.S. at Fault in Strike on School in Iran, Preliminary Inquiry Says The New York Times
- Does Trump even know what’s happening in Iran? CNN
- A look at evidence linking U.S. to Iranian school strike PBS
- GOP senator on Iran school strike: ‘A terrible, terrible mistake’ The Hill
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